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... soon have converted into a thirst for knowl- edge , young Waverley drove through the sea of books like a vessel without a pilot or a rudder . Nothing perhaps increases by indulgence more than a desultory habit of reading , es- pecially ...
... soon have converted into a thirst for knowl- edge , young Waverley drove through the sea of books like a vessel without a pilot or a rudder . Nothing perhaps increases by indulgence more than a desultory habit of reading , es- pecially ...
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... soon as possible into a more picturesque and roman- tic country , if my passengers incline to have some patience with me during my first stages . * * These Introductory Chapters have been a good deal censured as tedious and unnecessary ...
... soon as possible into a more picturesque and roman- tic country , if my passengers incline to have some patience with me during my first stages . * * These Introductory Chapters have been a good deal censured as tedious and unnecessary ...
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... soon dropped into the natural simplicity of his common manner , agitated upon the present occasion by no common feeling . Neph- ew , " he said ; and then , as mending his phrase , " My dear Edward , it is God's will , and also the will ...
... soon dropped into the natural simplicity of his common manner , agitated upon the present occasion by no common feeling . Neph- ew , " he said ; and then , as mending his phrase , " My dear Edward , it is God's will , and also the will ...
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... soon followed by the clergyman . Among the rest of the party , the wine , which fully justified the encomiums of the landlord , flowed freely round , although Waverley , with some difficulty , obtained the privilege of sometimes ...
... soon followed by the clergyman . Among the rest of the party , the wine , which fully justified the encomiums of the landlord , flowed freely round , although Waverley , with some difficulty , obtained the privilege of sometimes ...
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... soon plain that what crumbs of reason the Bear had not devoured were to be picked up by the Hen ; but the confusion which appeared to prevail favored Edward's resolu- tion to evade the gayly circling glass . The others began to talk ...
... soon plain that what crumbs of reason the Bear had not devoured were to be picked up by the Hen ; but the confusion which appeared to prevail favored Edward's resolu- tion to evade the gayly circling glass . The others began to talk ...
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answered appeared arms attended auld Bailie Baron Bradwardine Brown called Callum Captain Waverley castle CHAPTER character Charles Hazlewood Chieftain circumstances clan Colonel Mannering Colonel Talbot command dear deyvil Dinmont Dirk Dominie door Edinburgh Edward Ellangowan Evan eyes father favor feelings Fergus Mac-Ivor Flora followed frae gentleman Glennaquoich Glossin Guy Mannering gypsey hand Hatteraick head heard hero Highland honor hope horse house of Stuart Jacobites Julia lady Laird letter Liddesdale look Lucy Mac-Morlan Macwheeble maun Merrilies mind Miss Bertram Miss Mannering morning never night observed occasion party person Pleydell poor portmanteau prisoner rendered replied returned Rose Sampson scene Scotland Scottish seemed Sir Everard Sir Robert Spontoon stranger supposed tell there's thought tion Tully-Veolan turned Vich Ian Vohr voice wardine Waverley-Honor Waverley's weel Whig wish Woodbourne young Hazlewood
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Página 94 - Entreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge; thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God: where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: the Lord do so to me, and more also, if aught but death part thee and me.
Página 19 - They live no longer in the faith of reason! But still the heart doth need a language, still Doth the old instinct bring back the old names, And to yon starry world they now are gone, Spirits or gods, that used to share this earth With man as with their friend...
Página 323 - Ecstasy! My pulse, as yours, doth temperately keep time, And makes as healthful music. It is not madness That I have utter'd : bring me to the test, And I the matter will re-word, which madness Would gambol from.
Página 33 - With eyes severe and beard of formal cut, Full of wise saws and modern instances; And so he plays his part. The sixth age shifts Into the lean and...
Página 431 - The gradual influx of wealth, and extension of commerce, have since united to render the present people of Scotland a class of beings as different from their grandfathers, as the existing English are from those of Queen Elizabeth's time.
Página 39 - In years of plenty many thousands of them meet together in the mountains, where they feast and riot for many days ; and at country weddings, markets, burials, and other the like public occasions, they are to be seen, both men and women, perpetually drunk, cursing, blaspheming, and fighting together.
Página 88 - The bell strikes one. We take no note of time, But from its loss. To give it then a tongue Is wise in man. As if an angel spoke, I feel the solemn sound. If heard aright, It is the, knell of my departed hours : Where are they?
Página 22 - ... that more common aberration from sound judgment, which apprehends occurrences indeed in their reality, but communicates to them a tincture of its own romantic tone and colouring.
Página 432 - Gaelic) to reside, during my childhood and youth, among persons of the above description ; and now, for the purpose of preserving some idea of the ancient manners of which I have witnessed the almost total extinction, I have embodied in imaginary scenes, and ascribed to fictitious characters, a part of the incidents which I then received from those who were actors in them. Indeed, the most romantic parts of this narrative are precisely those which have a foundation in fact.
Página 108 - there is nothing in Perthshire that she need want, if she ask her father to fetch it,, unless it be too hot or too heavy." " But to be the daughter of a cattle-stealer — a common thief!" " Common thief I — no such thing : Donald Bean Lean never lifted less than a drove in his life.